poppy
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When I was a kid, I had a ten mile walk to school. Uphill. Both ways. Then when I got home, the police used to break our door down, set fire to my gran, make us lick the toilet bowl clean with our teeth and then tie us to a chair while they played Westlife's Greatest Hits on a loop.
Sounds like you need a psychologist prospero. Therapy might help.
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Big Welcome Slim
I remember we didn't get a fridge til 1972 and then I'd already left home so didn't reap the benefits! Up until then we had a larder
Gosh PP, my parents didn't have a TV until after I left home (even then it was pretty unusual) but we always had a fridge.
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Welcome Nox
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Now do I put vanilla in that again or not?
Do you have gravy with it?
Have a lovely time Muggles.
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I got a load of manure last week and am going to roto-till it in the garden either tomorrow or early next week. It is getting very near time for planting the spring crops, spinach, radishes, lettuce, etc.
Will we get to see some photos later of the garden at your new place? I loved the ones of your woodland garden, the bears, the deer and the flowers at your old house.
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Big Welcome emmalou
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I will save the Pikelet recipe and give them a try. Wonder how they would be with buttermilk instead of regular milk.
Metric or Imperial?
I think they would be fine with buttermilk, I quite often add water to the milk because it seems to make things lighter.
I don't think it really matters if you use metric or imperial, just make a mixture that will pour (but not TOO thin.) They are not as thick as your pancakes (no slur on pancakes intelligence
)You could have these with maple syrup if you liked, but they are nice with just butter (simply delicious with any kind of berry jam and whipped cream.)
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Muggle's Good Old-fashioned American Pancakes
The cornmeal gives these a really nice flavour. My mixture was much too thick (probably because I was using metric rather than imperial measures) so I thinned it down quite a bit. I'm going to make them again when I buy some maple syrup. They are quite similar to our pikelet recipe. Have you tried these?
Pikelets
1 egg
1/4 c sugar
3/4 c milk (approx)
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 oz butter
Beat egg and sugar until thick and add with milk to sifted dry ingredients. Add melted butter. Mix until smooth, cook in spoonfuls on hot greased girdle or frying pan. When cooked, stack in folded tea-towel (this keeps them from going dry and tough) Serve with jam and whipped cream.
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:thankyousigna2:Poppy that is just what I need That is a brill recipe.
You're most welcome
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This recipe needs no further mixing after the initial beating.
Simple Home Made Icecream
Beat 4 egg whites until stiff
Beat 4 egg yolks. Add 6 tlbs sugar and flavouring of your choice and beat again until thick and creamy
Beat 300ml (1/2 pint) cream until thick
Fold three mixtures together and freeze in a container with a lid on. Ready in approx 4 hours.
(this is really nice, I used to make it heaps)
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Just because I turned cornmeal pudding into a dessert, and made tasteless, gluey PACKET gravy .......
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Muggle, bought me some cornmeal yesterday, so I'm going to give your pancakes a crack over the weekend. Forgot the maple syrup
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Thank you Kylie. That's kind of you to say. I was pretty impressed with Sydney when we were over. The harbour was pristine clear and all round a very nice city. I would have loved to have taken a trip to the Blue Mountains.
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Haha, well done
Secondary to my book obsession, I may possibly have a Jim Henson obsession (and yes, I would marry Kermit if he asked).Yes, but would you be up to taking on Miss Piggy?
Big Welcome Gelfling
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You should see this local rose nursery we have. They have rose gardens spread over several acres, mostly the old-fashioned variety and you can just wander around for hours. The smell is almost overwhelming. The majority of my roses came from there, everytime I go I can't resist buying another one or two or ........
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If you go back to Pg 4, Post 40, you'll find some there.
(Muggle I can't remember how to compress photos once I've scanned and saved them. I've tried putting them through Image Resizer, but I think they are just too big for it to handle. These are not digital photos.)
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I don't very often eat these, but my favourites would be honey roasted peanuts, roasted cashew nuts and dried apricots. Once I start eating them I can't stop
(angerball, just noticed you and Muggles are reading the same book - you'll have to compare notes)
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I've just read the excerpts 'Frayed Tapestry' and 'Falling'. They are GREAT Immi, they certainly leave you wanting more. Where do I find Gaps?
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I use cast iron, but either should be fine. Probably makes about 8.
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OK Muggles, I accept that's what you THINK pancakes are, and very nice they sound too. And I promise to try your recipe as soon as I can get some cornmeal.
Now you've gotta promise to try a REAL pancake recipe.
REAL Pancakes
4 ozs flour
pinch salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
approx 1/2 pint milk
Sift flour and salt. Add eggs and milk, beat well, gently stir in baking powder. Make the mix pretty thin, like runny cream. Pour into jug.
Heat a heavy frying pan and melt some butter in it. Pour in enough mixture that will coat the whole bottom thinly, when you tilt it all round. Flip over when cooked and cook the other side.
Sprinkle with sugar, lemon juice and a knob of butter. Roll up and devour
(I'll even let you have them with maple syrup, but you've gotta try the lemon juice and sugar first.) Watch for indigestion -
Well done Megan. We don't put milk in gravy, I'll have to try that. I'm OK at making gravy from scratch, but this was a packet of Biscuit Gravy Mix that my American sister-in-law had given me. I was asking Muggle what you could do with it, but OH has told me in no uncertain terms what I can do with it, so it now resides in the rubbish bin
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LOL, some women can't boil water.
But, I am sure that all on this forum can.
:)Woooo .....that was a lucky save, just remember you're pretty out-numbered here
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Since when was boiling some water, mixing up this white powdery stuff with cold water and adding it to the boiling water, cooking??????
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Darn Muggle, if I'd known earlier I could have sent you some Old-fashioned biscuit gravy mix to go with those grits
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